It’s time to pick the strawberries … at least according to the lunar cycle.
Sunday night at sunset the last full moon of the spring – the Strawberry Moon – with rise and then crest Monday morning at 4:30 a.m. in the Eastern time zone.
The name Strawberry Moon comes from the Algonquin people of Native Americans, who lived in territory of New England and Canada. This full moon was their sign to harvest wild strawberries, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
All full moons have names, something people have done for ages. This month’s full moon is also known as the Corn-Planting Moon, the Honey Moon, the Mead Moon, or the Full Rose Moon.
If you are looking at the moon in the night sky, you can also spot Jupiter, which will be visible just above the moon on Sunday night and Monday morning.
The full moon kicks off a week featuring another celestial happenings – the summer solstice, the point when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky in the northern hemisphere. The start of summer starts at 11:54 a.m. on Friday.
The next full moon is the Full Buck Moon on July 16.
